80th Anniversary of the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia, 21-22 October 2010

Opening Ceremony was held in The Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments Welcome addresses was given by

representative of the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries

representative of the University of Split

representative of the City of Split

representative of the Splitsko-dalmatinska County

representative of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia

After welcome addresses, history and present state of the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries was given by dr. sc. Ivona Marasović, director of the Institute. Opening ceremony was finished by reception.

80th Anniversary of the Institute was continued with International Symposium: Towards the Excellence in Oceanography and Fisheries, held in the Croatian Chamber of Economy.

Invited lectures given by high-level international expert:

Nadia Pinardi: The new science of operational oceanography and its implementation in the Mediterranean Sea

Evangelos Papathanassiou: Research on the South European Seas: current and future perspectives

Jacques Bertrand: The contribution of the surveys at sea toward the development of an ecosystem approach to fisheries

Maurice Héral: New advances in the EU aquaculture and networking possibilities